Word: haig
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...week that was to elevate Ford to the presidency began rather routinely for him. Monday morning he addressed the Disabled American Veterans in New Orleans. As he flew back to Washington in his 1954 Convair turboprop, he received a call from White House Chief of Staff General Alexander Haig. For the first time, Ford learned that tapes soon to be delivered to Judge John J. Sirica contained statements by Nixon that directly implicated the President in the Watergate coverup. At that moment, Gerald Ford must have become aware that his accession to the presidency had suddenly become nearly certain. Aboard...
...instinct, Ford would like to continue speaking out in defense of Nixon. Indeed Ford discussed impeachment strategy with Chief of Staff Alexander M. Haig Jr. last week. The Vice President has declared that he will not lobby for Nixon in Congress. He explained: "I am not going out, as I used to when I was minority leader, and affirmatively and aggressively try to convince them they ought to vote this way or that." But in a gesture of sorts to his own conscience, he has insisted on reserving the right to give his opinion when asked...
Cabinet members came around Wednesday morning for a 15-minute slide show on the achievements of the Administration in improving the design of federal buildings. Alexander Haig, the White House staff chief, went to the meeting to give a pep talk. The President did not attend...
...Sacrifice. There were other inducements. Federal Reserve Chairman Arthur Burns, Treasury Secretary William Simon, Presidential Economics Adviser Kenneth Rush and Presidential Assistant Alexander Haig all prevailed upon Greenspan to accept. To avoid conflicts of interest and satisfy the Senate Banking Committee, which is expected to approve his appointment, Greenspan will place all stock he owns in his firm in a blind trust over which he will have no control. Thus he faces a big financial sacrifice that will not be offset by his $42,500 salary at CEA. Profits earned by his firm while he is away will be lost...
...wiretap data secret. On July 12, 1971, the President ordered Robert Mardian, then Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Internal Security Division, to get the data from William Sullivan at the FBI. According to FBI interviews of Mardian, he showed the materials to Kissinger, Haldeman and Alexander Haig, Kissinger's assistant. Then, he says, he delivered the files to the Oval Office. Mardian was asked: "Did you give the bag [containing the wiretap files] to Mr. Nixon, the President of the United States?" His reply: "I cannot answer that question...